WEBVTT BEAU: WELCOME BACK.SHE'S A SPECIAL LITTLE GIRL,SO MANY, WE'VE INTRODUCED YOU HERE ANDYOU'VE SEEN HER FEATURED ONESPN. AND NOW, SHE'S GRABBING THEATTENTION OF ONE OF THE WORLD'SBIGGEST POP SUPERSTARS. JANELLE HALL AND MIKE CLARK,WITH THE STORY OF HOW THISPITTSBURGH GIRL, FLEW, OR RATHERCLIMBED, ONTO THE RADAR OF MILEYCYRUS.JANELLE: FOUR YEARS AGO, WE TOLDYOU THE STORY OF A PITTSBURGHFATHER AND HIS INCREDIBLJOURNEY -- TEACHING HIS DAUGHTERTHAT THERE IS NO MOUNTAIN TOOSTEEP TO CLIMB. MIKE: MIKE AND CASSIE BRUNOPUSHED THEMSELVES OUT OF THEIRCOMFORT ZONE, TAKING PART INSEVERAL PITTSBURGH MARATHONS. CASSIE, WHO IS BLIND AND HASAUTISM, JOINED HER DAD THIS PASTMAY, RUNNING WITH HIM FOR THEFIRST TIME. BJANELLE: UT IT'S WHAT CASSIEDID NEXT THAT GOT THE ATTENTIONOF PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THECOUNTRY, AND ONE OF THE WORLD'SBIGGEST STARS IN THEENTERTAINMENT WORLD. MIKE MIKE BRUNO DOESN'T COUNT: THE HOURS. HE DOESN'T COUNT THE MILES ANDMILES OF TRAINING AND RUNNINGSEVERAL PITTSBURGH MARATHONS. SOME BLINDFOLDED. OTHERS PUSHING HIS DAUGHTERCASSIE. JANELLE: BUT THIS YEAR. >> LISTEN TO DADDY'S FEET.JANELLE: HE COUNTED ON HIS11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. THEY TRAINED TOGETHER. STEP BY STEP. RUNNING TOGETHER AS A TEAM. >> AM SO PROUD OF HER.SHE'S MY HEART.>> MIKE'S BRUNO AND HISDAUGHTER, CASSIE.MIKE WE CAPTURED THEIR EMOTIONAL: JOURNEY TO THE FINISH LINE OFTHEIR ONE MILE RACE. JANELLE: THE VIDEO MAKING ESPN'STOP 10 VIDEOS OF THE WEEK. >> THAT'S POSSIBILITY.MIKE THE STRENGTH. :>> SHE WAS ONE POUND 14 OUNCES,SHOULD 114 DAYS IN THE NICK YOU.JANELLE: THE HOPE. >> WHEN I REACHED MY HAND IN THEINCUBATOR, I KNEW SHE WASDESTINED FOR GREAT THINGS.MIKE THE POSSIBILITIES. :>> WATCHING HER DEVELOP OVERYEARS OF INCREASE OR LANGUAGE,EBER -- ABLE TO EXCHANGE LONGERDIALOGUE WITH OTHERS.JANELLE: MUCH OF CASSIE'SDEVELOPMENT THROUGH MUSIC. >> ♪ I CAN ALMOST SEE IT, THEDREAM AM DREAMING ♪>> IT'S THE PATHWAY TO HER SOUL.MUSIC HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSINGFOR HER.>> ♪MIKE THIS SONG, IN PARTICULAR,: THE SOUNDTRACK TO CASSIE'SLIFE. >> ♪JANELLE: AN ANTHEM FOR THE BRUNOFAMILY. >> AND ANOTHER THERE'S ONEPERSON THAT DOESN'T TEAR UP WHENTHEY HEAR CASSIE THING THAT.MIKE: THAT SONG THE CLIMB, BYMILEY CYRUS. JANELLE: ALL ABOUT FIGHTINGOBSTACLES AND PUSHING THROUGH --BREAKING BARRIERS. COLLECTS SHE SINGS IT FROM THEHEART, IT'S LIKE SHE KNOW SHE ISLITERALLY SINGING ABOUT HER LIFE, AND THAT SHE'S GOING TO FACETHESE BATTLES AND CLIMB THEMOUNTAIN.AND SUCCEEDED.MIKE KATIE HARRILL IS THE: CREATIVE ARTS PROGRAMSUPERVISOR AT WESLEY FAMILYSERVICES IN BRIDGEVILLE. >> CASSIE SPECIFICALLY HASBENEFITED FROM MUSIC THERAPYBECAUSE IT PROVIDED HER WITH AMODE FOR SELF-EXPRESSION, WHERESHE'S ABLE TO CLEARLY REQUESTSONGS.USER VOICE AND SING THEM.I JUST WANT TO SAY OVERALLCOMMUNICATE THROUGH SONG.>> ♪JANELLE: HER PERFORMANCE AT HERWESLEY RECITAL COMMUNICATING TOPEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. INSPIRING COUNTLESS PEOPLE. MIKE AND GETTING THE ATTENTION: OF MILEY CYRUS, WHO SENTCASSIE THIS AUTOGRAPHED TEESHIRT AND A MESSAGE OF THANKS. >> YOU ARE A HAPPY HIPPY GIRL.>> HAVING SOMEONE LIKE MILEYCYRUS YOU DOES WRITEINSPIRATIONAL MUSIC THAT WE DOUSE IN SESSIONS BECAUSE OF THAT,IS TRULY REMARKABLE.SHE'S AWARE THAT WE EXIST.JANELLE: SPREADING AWARENESS --HOW MUSIC NOT ONLY EMPOWERSCHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT TRANSFORMS THEM. >> CAN YOU PLAY TWINKLE TWINKLEFOR US?MIKE BECAUSE OF CASSIE'S VISUAL: IMPAIRMENT.♪MIKE HER OTHER SENSES ARE: HEIGHTENED. SO TWINKLE TWINKLE IS NOT SIMPLYA CHILD'S SONG ABOUT CELESTIALDREAMS. JANELLE: IT'S ALSO HOPE INACTION. A YOUNG GIRL -- SHOWING US HOWTO REACH FOR THE STARS. >> SHE IS ABLE TO PLAY SONGS ONTHOSE HANDBELLS, AND THAT'S THEEND CREATES THE SPATIALAWARENESS SO SHE KNOWS WHERE THEBELLS ARE.>> ♪MIKE HAVING FUN, MEETING: THERAPEUTIC GOALS WITHOUT EVENKNOWING IT. TAKING ALL THAT SHE LEARNS HEREIN HER HOME AWAY FROM HOME. JANELLE: THIS SAFE PLACE WHEREMUSIC ACCENTUATES HER STRENGTH.WHILE HER PROUD PARENTS AND BIGSISTER CARLY SHARE THE JOY. >> IF I'M NOT SMILING ON THEOUTSIDE, I AM BEAMING ON THEINSIDE.SOMETIMES UNLOVING, SOMETIMESI'M CRYING.MIKE KNOWING THEY CAN KEEP: CLIMBING, KEEP PUSHING,WHATEVER THEY'LL FACE IN THELONG ROAD THE MANY MILES AHEAD. JANELLE: CASSIE'S VOICE, HERSPIRIT, TEACHING US ALL A MUSICLESSON. >> LATE IN THE NOW AND DON'TREACH TOO FAR INTO THE FUTURE.I WAS GETTING AHEAD AS WELL ANDI LOOK AT THE NOW, NOW FORCASSIE.IT'S PRETTY MAGICAL FOR US.MIKE: MIKE BRUNO SAYS THEY'RE SOTOUCHED BY THE KINDNESS OF MILEYCYRUS. JANELLE: AND WITH NO MOUNTAINTOO TALL, HE DREAMS OF A DAYWHEN MAYBE CASSIE COULD SING THEINSPIRATIONAL SONG -- RIGHTALONG WITH MILEY HERSELF. LEARN MORE ABOUT CASSIE AND HERTEAM AT WESLEY FAMILY SERVICESBY VISITING MY FACEBOOK PAGE. I'M JANELLE HALL. MIKE: AND I'M MIKE CLARK,